Art: Industry's Architect

The white-haired old man who had just been awarded a medal for
distinguished war service had never been closer to the firing line than
the desk of blueprints in his office in Detroit. But the applauding
members of the American Institute of Architects in Detroit's Hotel
Statler this week knew that Albert Kahn's contribution toward the
defeat of the Axis powers had been greater than that of many a general.
In nearly every United Nations industrial stronghold, from Detroit to
Novosibirsk, his art is conspicuous. Albert Kahn, 73, father of modern
factory design, is the world's No. 1 industrial architect.